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Please find below the Session Outcome of the 3rd European Innovation Summit 2011

Welcoming message Jerzy Buzek,
President of the European Parliament

Highlights Video 2011
Brussels and Warsaw

3rd European Innovation Summit
Outcome Booklet

Opening Session

Innovation is vital – yet hard to manage well. How should Europe respond?
- Respect the differences – they are valuable for creativity
- Spend more on RD&I – e.g. substantial increase in funds for Horizon 2020 compared with FP7

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Keynotes – Session A: RDI Strategies Tailored to National and Regional Contexts

Regions, nations and the EU must work together in complementary roles:
- Regions can build excellence – e.g. Aviation Valley in Poland
- Key success factors include visionary leadership and local initiative

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Parallel Sessions B: RDI Strategies Tailored to National and Regional Levels

Session B1 - Regional Smart Specialisation
- Focus on the regional level, where the proximity of partners helps innovation
- Clarify what smart specialisation really means: e.g. by clear metrics for outputs. Fuzzy understanding leads to multiple and conflicting approaches

Session B2 - Building the ERA
- Setting the right priorities depends on excellent communication between EU, national governments and industry, in order fully to understand sectoral and EU-wide issues
- Successful implementation of the ERA depends on European, national and local administrations working together

Session B3 - Building a Joint Approach
- Make better use of our limited resources: e.g. through better management and cooperation
- Reinforce the continuous improvement of our many support mechanisms and instruments

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Parallel Sessions C: European Governance – Policies and Instruments for Research and Innovation Necessary Synergies

Governance systems must be better at tackling the critical issues
- Innovation and creativity depend on competition within Europe and openness to the rest of the world
- Enable Europe to seize opportunities. There are many new opportunities today but Europe does not capture them – e.g. Europe has none of the global ISPs.

Session C1: "Policies in Support of Innovation: A Coherent Approach"
- Match investment in research infrastructure with investment in innovation-friendly environments
- Strengthen the availability of finance for innovation – not just research

Session C2: "Coherence of Instruments and Programmes"
- Challenge is to achieve the essential greater integration of R&I policy when we are in tough times and Member States want a better grip
- Innovate the public sector institutions: there is a big opportunity here

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Parallel Sessions D: Policy Mix for Research and Innovation

Session D1: "Diagnosis and Strategy Building"
- We need a systemic approach that links policies for innovation and - fiscal/economic affairs
… then the confidence to execute!

Session D2: "Operational Requirements and Delivery Mechanisms"
- Slovakia illustrates common challenges: e.g. coordination across government departments and between central and local administrations; academia-industry links to drive applied research
- Policy makers should be more involved in implementation and evaluation. This needs better skills, awareness of local specificities, responsiveness to demand and indicators/evidence

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